I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 and don't like having the trash icon on the desktop rather that in the launcher (Ubuntu dock).
How can I move it back to the launcher? Can other icons be moved from the desktop to the launcher?
Launch Terminal and run
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop trash-icon-visible false
You may alternatively use GUI tools like dconf-Editor or (GNOME) Tweaks (see this for reference).
Disable the trash icon option from Extensions > Desktop Icon in Tweaks:
Alternatively, run the following command (note that this does not work from 21.04 onwards)
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons show-trash false
Follow the steps below.
First install the trash-cli
package by running
sudo apt install trash-cli
Create a .desktop
file (say trash-in-dock.desktop
) in your ~/.local/share/applications/
directory.
Open the file with a text editor and add the following lines
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Trash icon for Ubuntu dock
Terminal=false
Name=Trash for Dock
Exec=nautilus trash:///
Type=Application
Icon=user-trash
NoDisplay=false
Actions=empty-trash;
[Desktop Action empty-trash]
Name=Empty Trash
Exec=trash-empty
Save the file and re-login if needed.
Click "Activities" or press Super and search for Trash for Dock. It should appear in the results.
Right click the icon and select "Add to Favourites".
What you will get
A Trash icon in your dock, clicking which will open the Trash folder.
Right clicking the Trash icon in the dock will show an "Empty Trash" option which should work as intended.
What you won't get
The Trash icon in the dock would be like other app icons, it won't be conveniently placed at the bottom like in Unity Launcher.
The Trash icon in the dock would be a 'static' one, i.e. won't show two different icons depending on whether the Trash is empty or not.
Simply run the following command
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-trash true